Minnesota Renaissance Festival
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The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is a Renaissance fair, an interactive outdoor event which focuses on recreating the look and feel of a fictional 16th Century "England-like" fantasy kingdom.. It operates during weekends from mid-August until the final week in September on a site near the Minnesota River in Shakopee, a suburb of the Twin Cities.
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival began in September of 1971 on a 22 acre field in Jonathan, MN. More than 25,000 people visited the two weekend grand opening of the festival then named “A Celebration of Nature, Art, and Life!” It was later moved to its current site Shakopee where it continues as one of the oldest and largest Renaissance fairs in the United States. It also played host to the early careers of such national acts as the magicians Penn & Teller and The Flying Karamazov Brothers juggling troupe.
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival is one of several such events in the United States owned and operated by Mid-America Festivals.
